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I Tried Gwyneth Paltrow’s Diet

I have always been an admirer of Gwyneth Paltrow, I am not afraid to admit it. She was so good in my favorite movie, A Perfect Murder. I also think her secondary career as a lifestyle guru is…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2294 words)

My brother’s life, unraveled

My brother, Anthony, killed himself on a cool Thursday afternoon in April, a few weeks before his medical school graduation. He was 26.He was staying with our parents in the New York suburbs. On his…
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2013
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5470 words)

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist

On the morning of July 30, 2012, an accountant named Michel Gauvreau arrived at the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, housed in a huge red brick warehouse on the side of the Trans-Canadian…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 2, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3074 words)

A Pickpocket’s Tale

A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named Apollo Robbins, who has a reputation as a…
AUTHOR:Adam Green
PUBLISHED: Jan. 7, 2013
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8104 words)

Parents of micro preemie face heart-wrenching decisions

PART ONE OF THREE For more photos, illustrations and resources, visit tampabay.com/neverletgo. — — — Our baby came swirling into view in black and white, week after week, in…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 7, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4973 words)

The Truce On Drugs

Cannabis is a highly persuadable plant. It thrives in Afghanistan; it grows beautifully in Mexico. It can prosper indoors or outdoors, in contained environments or expansive ones. Even on the…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 25, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (800 words)

Longreads: 5 Diseases You Didn't Know to Worry About

In 2012, none of America's top killers are contagious. You don't get cancer, diabetes, or heart disease at the swimming pool or just because someone sneezed on you. But a hundred years ago, you…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1005 words)

The One Who Jumped

A young man, depressed, desperate. In the North, it's too common. But the death of Julian Tologanak-Labrie was anything but. By Eva Holland. The verdict of the coroner’s jury is just three…
SOURCE:uphere.ca
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2446 words)

Undead: The Rabies Virus Remains a Medical Mystery

PUBLISHED: July 26, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4989 words)
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